Na verdade, os anões tinham 10 Sky Citadels , castelos da cidade construídos dentro de montanhas que abrigariam as entradas das terras escuras.
Upon their arrival, the dwarves discovered that their migration had unleashed a deluge of orcs upon the surface, and that their enemies had easily overpowered the few peoples who had survived Earthfall and the subsequent Age of Darkness. In order to better defend themselves, and to commemorate the successful completion of the Quest for Sky, they built 10 massive city-fortresses known as Sky Citadels.
Highhelm é apenas uma daquelas cidadelas, localizadas nas Montanhas dos Cinco Reis .
Quando eles empurraram os orcs para a superfície, esses orcs estavam espalhados pela região ao redor dessas cidadelas .
Koldukar era uma cidadela celeste que foi construída em torno do Segura da região de Belkzen , e foi completamente destruída e tomada pelos orcs que estavam em volta daquela região.
A história geral aceita é que os anões forçaram os orcs a sair das Terras Sombrias, e uma vez que viram a superfície deste novo mundo, eles decidiram que era um lugar muito melhor do que as Terras Sombrias, então eles chamaram todos os clãs para a superfície. e começaram seu saque nas regiões vizinhas (um período em sua história conhecido literalmente como O saqueio ).Os poucos orcs restantes foram escravizados pelas outras raças nativas. De Configuração da campanha Hold of Belkzen (página 3):
The orcs found that the surface of Golarion was a wasteland—even centuries after the cataclysmic events of Earthfall—with widely dispersed humanoid populations clinging together for protection. These communities offered little resistance against a violent race hardened by decades of warfare, and quickly succumbed to the might of the new arrivals. The orcs’ sensitivity to light wasn’t an issue then, as Golarion’s sun had been blocked by dense cloud clover for centuries. As word spread among the orcs still inhabiting the Darklands that a much safer and easier life of plunder could be had above, they largely abandoned their ancient homes and joined their brethren on the surface. This period, known among orcs as the Sacking, marked their first golden age—a fabled time of dominance over all the other races of the Inner Sea region.
E isso é depois que o sol voltou e salvou os anões contra a invasão dos orcs em –4294 AR:
While a few orc tribes retreated back into the Darklands, the rest slowly and painfully adapted to the new conditions on the surface. They built new settlements in surface caves, at the bottom of dark canyons, and in deep forests, where they adopted a nocturnal lifestyle to accommodate their debilitating handicap.